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Nursing at Grand Canyon University

What traits are you looking for in a nursing school? To help you decide if Grand Canyon University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nursing program.

Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and has a total student population of 103,427. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,935 students received their master's degree in nursing.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

Grand Canyon University Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Nursing
  • Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at Grand Canyon University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Grand Canyon University offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Grand Canyon University Nursing Rankings

There were 368 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Grand Canyon University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Grand Canyon University.

Grand Canyon University Nursing Master’s Program

90% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 1,935 students who earned a master's degree in Nursing from Grand Canyon University in 2020-2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

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In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Grand Canyon University with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 227
Black or African American 353
Hispanic or Latino 235
White 946
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 168

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AZ, the home state for Grand Canyon University.

Occupation Jobs in AZ Average Salary in AZ
Registered Nurses 54,690 $77,000
Medical and Health Services Managers 8,160 $115,770
Nurse Practitioners 3,510 $110,750
Nursing Instructors and Professors 840 $81,110
Nurse Midwives 100 $114,900

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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